A snapshot of a different era, Wilma tells the story of her life as the daughter of a sharecropper and preacher in the 30s and 40s. The story follows her through marriage, travels to Africa, and the loss of two children. Along the way she includes many stories from family history as told by her siblings and other relatives. Also included is a selection of poetry and prose written by several different family members. A wider selection of poetry by Juantia Willodean Daniel Stockton: ""I Remember: Poems About Life,"" is available on Lulu.com. Wilma also collected the family history with different genealogy charts and family trees tracing the family back as far as 1692. A few family photos are also included in this collection, but due to the quality of the original images they have not held up well in publishing.
A snapshot of a different era, Wilma tells the story of her life as the daughter of a sharecropper and preacher in the 30s and 40s. The story follows her through marriage, travels to Africa, and the loss of two children. Along the way she includes many stories from family history as told by her siblings and other relatives. Also included is a selection of poetry and prose written by several different family members. A wider selection of poetry by Juantia Willodean Daniel Stockton: ""I Remember: Poems About Life,"" is available on Lulu.com. Wilma also collected the family history with different genealogy charts and family trees tracing the family back as far as 1692. A few family photos are also included in this collection, but due to the quality of the original images they have not held up well in publishing.
If your interest lies in the history of small town living (especially the small town of Palestine, Arkansas), a narrative historical version of the birth, growth, and development of the town with chronological data, and testimonials of a number of its residents, then this book is for you. With it comes a story about a homeless woman who spent her life working in the homes of others for nothing more than food to eat and a bed to sleep in. She never received any money for her services. This woman never once traveled outside the Arkansas Delta and one whose final resting place has been at the Bell Cemetery since November 3, 1973. In addition, the book also contains an alphabetical listing of the people buried at the Palestine Bell Cemetery from 1800 to May 31, 2017. Why write about a woman who died over forty years ago, one might ask. And the answer would be: “Every life has a story and every story has a life regardless of how simple it might be!” Some of the world’s greatest people were typically known only by a “few” within the town they lived—and not commonly known outside of it. That was Jesus’ story too.
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